LDS General Conference
Saturday, Oct. 1, at 10am, 2pm, & 6pm MT live
Sunday, Oct. 2, at 10am
& 2pm MT
live
(The General Women's
Session will be rebroadcast on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 8am MT)
This month, tune in to the 186th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Over the course of six sessions, Church
leaders congregate to offer advice and instruction to LDS members worldwide.
However, their messages can apply to everyone, member and nonmember
alike.
“Visiting Teaching” The Family Is Ordained of God
“In the words of [the Primary song] ‘The Family Is of God,’… we are reminded of pure doctrine,” said Carole M. Stephens, First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency. “We learn not only that the family is of God but also that we are each part of God’s family. …
“… The Father’s plan for His children is a plan of love. It is a plan to unite His children—His family—with Him.”1
Elder L. Tom Perry (1922–2015) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “We also believe that strong traditional families are not only the basic units of a stable society, a stable economy, and a stable culture of values—but that they are also the basic units of eternity and of the kingdom and government of God.
“We believe that the organization and government of heaven will be built around families and extended families.”2
“Everyone, no matter what their marital circumstance or number of children, can be defenders of the Lord’s plan described in the family proclamation,” said Bonnie L. Oscarson, Young Women General President. “If it is the Lord’s plan, it should also be our plan!”3
Doctrine of the Family
Sister Julie B. Beck, former Relief Society General President, taught that the theology of the family is based on the Creation, the Fall, and the Atonement of Jesus Christ:
“The Creation of the earth provided a place where families could live. God created a man and a woman who were the two essential halves of a family. It was part of Heavenly Father’s plan that Adam and Eve be sealed and form an eternal family.
“… The Fall made it possible for them to have sons and daughters.
“[Christ’s] Atonement allows for the family to be sealed together eternally. It allows for families to have eternal growth and perfection. The plan of happiness, also called the plan of salvation, was a plan created for families. …
“… This was Christ’s doctrine. … Without the family, there is no plan; there is no reason for mortal life.”4
Faith, Family, Relief Consider This Why is the family the most important unit in time and in eternity?
“Ordained of God”
cji
10/01/16
Coming to the realization
we are only here shortly
gaining a physical body
clothing our Spirit within
able to be tested daily
the refiners fire there
thus we’ve the family
ordained of God for us
there then can be none
no not one thing more
important than family
which can be eternal
to live again with God
testified in Scriptures
over and over again!
Copyright © 2016 – cji
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